The minor theatre: : being a collection of the most approved farces, operas, and comedies, in one, two, and three acts. ... .
Molesworth, John,former owner.StEdNL
Fuller, A. Leonard,former owner.StEdNL
London: : Printed by J. Jarvis, for J. Parsons, no 21, Paternoster-Row.,
1794..
The frontispieces to the individual plays, dated 1793-94, are headed: "Parsons's Minor Theatre".
Vol. 1. The guardian, The minor, The citizen, High life below stairs, The upholsterer -- Vol. 2. The knights, The desert island, Miss in her teens, Flora; or, Hob in the well, The deuce is in him -- Vol. 3. The contrivances, The Irish widow, The lyar, The mock doctor, The lying valet -- Vol. 4. The commissary, The lame lover, Taste, Edgar and Emmeline, The author -- Vol. 5. The mayor of Garratt, The Englishman in Paris, The Englishman return'd from Paris, The orators, The patron -- Vol. 6. The Devil upon two sticks, The maid of the oaks, Dr. Last in his chariot, The maid of Bath, The tailors -- Vol. 7. The bankrupt, Cymon, A trip to Calais, The cozeners, The nabob, The capuchin.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of John Molesworth on front pastedown and armorial bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller on front free endpaper of all volumes save volume 7 which has Fuller's bookplate on front pastedown and no Molesworth bookplate.
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